Lattix LDM with Visual Studio

The Power of Lightweight Dependency Models with Visual Studio

With Lattix LDM, Lattix further extends developers’ capabilities to visualize and maintain the architecture of their .NET projects by supporting a number of command line parameters for integration into VS2005 as an External Tool.

"With this External Tool in place, checking a project's basic architecture is a snap. And it's interesting to see how one can quickly get addicted to a "green bar" regarding architecture; seeing a clean DSM after some work...lets you sleep better at night".

Ralf Westphal
Long-time .NET Consultant/Author

Microsoft Visual Developer Solution Architect MVP

Lattix LDM as an External Tool in VS2005

Using the External Tool dialog in VS2005, it is easy to establish the Lattix LDM integration. Just follow these steps as an example:

• Enter the path to the Lattix LDM executable into the Command field
• Enter the following in the Arguments field:
  
  -process:dotnet "$(ProjectDir)$(ProjectFileName).ldz""*.exe"*.dll"-createFileSubsystem -save
• Set the Intial Directory to the Debug or Release directory of your VS2005 project

Example provided by Ralf Westphal

After completing the setup, just click on a project in your VS2005 and call your new External Tool. Lattix LDM will start and generate (or update) a DSM for your .NET project in no time.